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Quite envision. they were very against factions or parties and kept warning against having those. well, we have them fairly well now. and if you have strong partisanship and you have a president who is determined to do everything to block impeachment from working, it doesnt work. its barely hanging in now. we have a very narrow set of articles of impeachment. they dont really disclose or dispose of the way the president has governed during this period. and i really fear that it may be -- we may ...

>> look, i think that for all senators and certainly senate republicans, they have to make sure that this process doesnt seem like a sham, like its a slam dunk as senator mcconnell has said, that he is going to be in absolute sync with the white house counsel and with the president. thats not -- you know, thats like the defense attorney being in cahoots with the judge and the jury. i mean that doesnt work. thats not going to have any credibility. >> yeah. i mean to the point that you just made, ...

Divided on this issue looks like. when you go to a competitive place, youre going to hear both sides of the argument from those constituents. >> does that mean that maybe the impeachment vote doesnt matter that much for these politicians because theres such an even divide? >> i think its pa trt of the calculation, jeffrey, i really do. as kirsten was saying before, an overestimation perhaps early on of the political risk that might be involved here. but when everyone is so locked in, that politi...

Schumers plan? he doesnt sound like it bodes well for democrats from her in terms of and well, look. i think that for all centers and certainly senate republicans, they have to make sure that this process doesnt seem like a sham, like a slam dunk as senator mcconnell has said, he will be in absolute sync with the white house counsel and the president. thats not -- you know, thats like the defense attorney being in cahoots with the judge and the jury. that doesnt work. thats not going to have any...

The president had nothing but praise for rudy giuliani. this just shows that, you know, the democrats einartive narrae about what happened here. the facts are the facts. >> to your point, it might be that when the likes of rudy giuliani are out there confessing to something like this, that it makes the decision for a democrat easier because you can think of the substance and why this matters to america here. >> yeah, i just think that the -- that theyve decided the white house, trump, republica...

By tomorrow night donald j. trump will become the third u.s. president ever impeached. what about the arguments against it that weve been hearing from the president and his allies? how do they hold up? >> guys, you know, we live in an age of disinformation where arguments designed to distract and divide often regardless of facts. with a historic house vote one day away, here are five arguments you might have heard about impeachment and why they dont hold water. number five, theres no crime. >> t...

Of it is they continue with this continuing assault on your salt. >> report in.. -- thats right. judge: there isnt anything they can say to american people. now, these are smart people, eric. i mean, they ran for office, they get what it takes to win. theyve got to have a message other than i hate donald trump. >> yeah. judge: how do they sell themselves going forward? >> their message is everything that hes not, right? and it doesnt work. it doesnt work because this countrys doing too well. ame...

Continuing assault on your salt. >> report in.. -- thats right. judge: there isnt anything they can say to american people. now, these are smart people, eric. i mean, they ran for office, they get what it takes to win. theyve got to have a message other than i hate donald trump. >> yeah. judge: how do they sell themselves going forward? >> their message is everything that hes not, right? and it doesnt work. it doesnt work because this countrys doing too well. americans are really, really smart, ...

Of it is they continue with this continuing assault on your salt. >> report in.. -- thats right. judge: there isnt anything they can say to american people. now, these are smart people, eric. i mean, they ran for office, they get what it takes to win. theyve got to have a message other than i hate donald trump. >> yeah. judge: how do they sell themselves going forward? >> their message is everything that hes not, right? and it doesnt work. it doesnt work because this countrys doing too well. ame...

Joining me chuck rosenberg, now an msnbc legal analyst. i want to go through all of this one on one with you. mish mcconnell was on sean hannity last night saying hes coordinating closely with donald trump and the white house. the white houses defense is the senates defense, and theres no way the senate is going to vote to remove donald trump. >> its not an analogy that doesnt work perfectly but its instructive. if you were a juror in a federal criminal trial and we learned you worked out in def...